Chapter 382: The First Phase of Operations on the Southern Front

"Division, the commander of the button detachment is calling, the detachment is ready to go, please give the order to attack!" At six o'clock, Long Yingqin walked into the command room and saluted loudly.

"Electrification button ancestors, you can start!" Leng Feng calmly ordered.

"Yes!"

Black Smoke Pier, less than five kilometers away from Wuyi Town, Niu Xianmin set up his headquarters here, disguised as a member of the "Little Knife Society".

The advance detachment of more than 2,000 people moved, and the Japanese were not blind, and they would definitely notice something, and if they could not hide it, they would alarm the other side.

However, if it was disguised as a non-governmental anti-Japanese organization such as the "Little Knife Society", even if the Japanese army knew about it, they would not take it seriously and relax their vigilance.

Niu Xianmin's move really confused the Japanese army, the Japanese army went north, arrogant and abnormal, in addition to ****, disdain for the civilian anti-Japanese organizations, some are just bandits who kill people and rob money, these teams encounter the elite regular army, and they will collapse in an instant.

These non-governmental anti-Japanese organizations, including bandits, are indeed not opponents of the Japanese army, they can only engage in sneak attacks, petty fights, and really want to fight positional warfare with the regular army, which is indeed touching the tiger's fart. shares, I think my life is long.

Therefore, the Japanese army didn't care, this was to pick up the cheap, they didn't dare to attack the Japanese Emperor's ** team easily, otherwise, the two corners of the big Zuo didn't mind taking it first.

Based on this judgment, the two corners did not feel that the rabble that appeared behind him would pose any threat to him, but only sent a small team of vigilance troops to Wuyi Town.

In his opinion, there was a small squad of elite Japanese troops, which was enough to deal with these rabble with only spears and broadswords.

Any careless work is destined to pay a painful price, and the self-righteousness of the two horns also laid the groundwork for his failure.

The reconnaissance team has already infiltrated Wuyi Town, and the Japanese army is too careless, only one more squad of Japanese soldiers has been sent to the town, and one is a policeman, and the total strength is only 100 people.

The ancient town of Wuyi has convenient transportation and an important geographical location. Boats on the Qingliu River on the side of the street can reach the Yangtze River. And through the four seas, it is a place for soldiers to fight.

It is also an important post station in the north and south of the Yangtze River on the ancient post road of the north and south of Beijing, in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the old street of Wuyi will set up an official shop. There are shop divisions and shop soldiers stationed to manage shop affairs and official document delivery. At the beginning of the Republic of China, Chunghwa Post was established, and the post office and telegraph branch office were abolished.

Wuyi Town is prosperous with commercial and old streets. After the opening of the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, the road, rail and water transportation hub, business is more prosperous, and the geographical location is more important.

The Japanese obviously understood this truth, so the 65th Wing went south to block the 1st Division of Honor from going north to occupy Wuyi Town.

The wealth and prosperity of Wuyi Town are also coveted by the Japanese army, and the wealth of the four major families in Wuyi Town is what the Japanese want to get, so no matter if it is for this soldier's battle. It was still the wealth of Wuyi Town, and the Japanese army did not allow the Honor 1st Division to go north.

The 65th Wing guards Chuzhou, and in addition to being responsible for logistics and transportation security, another important task is to loot the wealth of Chuzhou.

Wuyi Town, known as "Little Nanjing", is undoubtedly the focus.

The strength of the four major families in Wuyi Town is not weak, after the Japanese army occupied Wuyi Town, they did not plunder, it would be nothing more than the resistance of the four major families.

A ruined Wuyi Town is undoubtedly not what the Japanese army wants, what they want is the cooperation of the four major families, obediently giving their wealth and cooperating with the imperial army.

The four major families can me. The Japanese army provided military supplies to achieve the purpose of supporting the war with war.

Wuyi Town. There are more than ten grain stores alone, and I don't know how many other shops, restaurants, inns and theaters there are.

In order to resettle and transport hundreds of thousands of refugees in Nanjing, Wuyi Town is also very important to the Honor First Division. He also needed a steady source of supplies.

He has money, Wuyi Town has food and all kinds of materials, he wants to turn cash into materials, and the merchants of the four major families in Wuyi Town also want to turn materials into money.

Although the Japanese also used money to buy them, those Japanese military tickets were like waste paper, and the price was kept to the minimum. It's almost like grabbing for nothing.

Who is willing to do such a deal, let alone be a traitor and ruin his family?

Therefore, the Japanese miscalculated one point, that is, if the "Little Knife Society" looted Wuyi Town, the four major families and wealthy merchants in the town would definitely ask them for help, and when the time came, they could use this opportunity to coerce these people to bow their heads and get what they wanted.

However, they miscalculated, and the reconnaissance team of the 1st Division of Honor entered Wuyi Town, not only was it not driven away by the four major families in the town, but it was protected.

The Japanese did not notice it at all.

At this time, businessmen are far more patriotic than some politicians, although businessmen are profit-seeking, and seem to be the most unscrupulous, but businessmen are the most sensitive. sense.

They feel more than ordinary people, especially those who have done business with foreigners, although they have made money, but they are unwilling to talk about the humiliation they have received.

It is they who deeply feel the suffering of the country's poverty and weakness.

The Japanese can't wait to swallow their property even the belt bones, how can they be willing, at this time, the honorary division sent someone to contact, it was an instant hit, Luo, Ma, Yin, Nie The four major families are not only willing to serve as the inside line, but each family also took out 100,000 yuan ****.

The only thing to be solved is the Japanese army and the pseudo-police in the town, and some traitor businessmen who are willing to defect to the Japanese army and fight for the tiger.

These are not problems, the advance detachment of the new 38th Brigade going north is an elite army, all of which are drawn from the most capable teams, and the combat effectiveness has been reflected in the battles of Xuancheng and Quanjiao.

Niu Xianmin, who received the order, immediately ordered the troops to carry out operations, in addition to occupying Wuyi Town, but also to seize some strategic points, roads, bridges and other passages where the Japanese army might retreat north, and establish a blocking position.

In addition, in the face of the Japanese army in the direction of Chuzhou, an outpost position was established in Danzi Street and Balipu north of Wuyi Town to monitor the Japanese army in the direction of Chuxian.

Wu Youyuan led a regiment and a battalion, that is, the battalion that Tu Man was full of, to Wuyi Town, and under the response of the reconnaissance team, the Japanese sentry was killed, and the troops entered the old street of Wuyi Town.

In the end, the Japanese troops in the town could not be completely hidden, and the crisp gunfire rang out at dawn.

The resistance of the Japanese army was very tenacious, but in the face of the elite battalion, they did not have a particularly big advantage, and Tu Man personally led his troops to fight fiercely with the Japanese army.

At the cost of more than 20 casualties, the Japanese squad was completely annihilated.

The main streets and important strongholds of Wuyi Town fell into the hands of the Honorary 1st Division.

Hear gunshots coming from behind you. Liang Jiao Yesaku, who was comprehending the instructions sent back from Fengyang by the commander of the Diqi Division, was taken aback, and rushed out of the wing headquarters, looking at the direction of Wuyi Town.

"Sir......

"Contact Ensign Uehara in Wuyi Town immediately and ask what's going on?" The two corners had a hint of foreboding. Wuyi Town

"Hay!"

"Moximoxie ......"

"Sir, can't get through on the phone?"

"If you can't get through to the phone, you won't call the radio?" The two horns were trembling with anger from their dull men, and the gunfire was getting denser and denser, and it was obvious that there was a fierce battle in Wuyi Town.

"Someone. The cavalry brigade was ordered to immediately send a small detachment to reconnoiter in the direction of Wuyi Town. "The two corners of the industry do not expect to gain much confidence, if there is really an enemy attacking the town of Wuyi and cutting the telephone lines, then he will definitely find a way to capture the telegraph office.

After the Japanese army occupied Wuyi Town, the first thing to control was the telegraph office and the post office, which held the two key institutions of foreign communication in their hands, and the external contact of Wuyi Town was completely controlled in their hands. This is undoubtedly the lifeblood of the merchants in Wuyi Town.

If we lose the channel of external communication, how can we know the situation outside and how to grasp the news of external enterprises and businesses?

The Japanese army also did not have so many telegraph operators, so although the telegraph office in Wuyi Town was occupied, it still used the previous personnel, but the power to receive and send telegrams was captured in their hands.

The staff of the telegraph office had to be searched every day at work and after work to prevent entrainment or anything.

Here is only a commercial radio station, although the Japanese army saw strictly. It is mainly aimed at the four major families in Wuyi Town and those wealthy businessmen, the military telegram is sent and received, and the Japanese army has its own radio station, which will not pass here.

The two corners of the industry hope that nothing will happen. But this was only the first bad news he received, and the second followed.

Almost at the same time, he felt the earth shake violently beneath his feet, and then he saw the scene that shocked him.

A series of screams rang out from the sky, and hundreds of shells slammed into the forward positions of the Japanese with cries of death.

Fireballs erupted, and many soldiers had no time to dodge. has been blown to pieces.

The squadron, which had been fighting with him for a week in Dongge and Xige Town, suddenly launched a fierce attack, and under the cover of fierce artillery fire, the soldiers launched a charge, seized the forward position of the Japanese army in one go, and advanced five hundred meters in depth in one breath!

The two corners of the industry are a little stunned.

In the previous week of confrontation, although the squadron occasionally counterattacked, it was not fierce, and the Japanese army attacked the opponent's position several times, and the two sides fought a lot of tug-of-war.

He admitted that the combat effectiveness of this squadron, that is, the first division of honor, is far more tenacious than that of ordinary troops, all of which are Japanese equipment, but there is still a gap between them and the soldiers under them.

A few days ago, they had another change of defense, the original heavy casualties of the troops were replaced to rest, and another unit came up, although it was a new force, but the battle was still a little behind the troops that went down to rest, if it was not for the opponent's strength enough, that time, his troops could break through the defense line of the squadron.

Later, after two days of fighting, this squadron was very tenacious and had an extraordinary learning ability, which actually blocked its own attack, stabilized the front, and re-formed a pattern of confrontation.

But the Japanese pushed their positions south by at least five hundred meters!

But just now, the squadron suddenly launched a counterattack, and under the cover of fierce artillery fire, it not only recaptured its previous position, re-pulled the battle situation to the position three days ago, but also caused nearly one squadron of casualties.

Liangjiaoye was angry and ordered the Japanese army to launch a counterattack, and the two armies fought fiercely.

The commander of the new 39th Brigade, Ju Youlin, was in charge of commanding the forward battle, and his task was to delay and attract the 65th Wing of the Japanese Army, and to give the northbound advance detachment and the new 37th Brigade a time to buy siege.

Once the Japanese army sensed that something was wrong and fled to Chuxian, the northbound detachment had not yet established a solid defensive line, and it was easy to be overwhelmed by the fierce Japanese army.

The Japanese army is not ****, the retreat of **** is almost like a rout, and the Japanese army can attack and retreat the same.

Ju Youlin's move was to stimulate the Japanese army, he fought with the Japanese army for three days, and he didn't know the temper of the commander of the Japanese army.

As long as he gives the order to counterattack, the new 39th Brigade can bite the other side to the death, delay time and distract its attention.

(To be continued.) )